diff --git a/src/app/models/broadcast-show.ts b/src/app/models/broadcast-show.ts
index 56ef0bc..f788ee4 100644
--- a/src/app/models/broadcast-show.ts
+++ b/src/app/models/broadcast-show.ts
@@ -21,18 +21,37 @@ export enum BroadcastShowStatus {
 
 export interface IBroadcastShowHost {
   name: string;
-  description: string;
+  bio: string;
   gender: HumanGender;
   role: string;
   speech: ISpeechPersonality;
 }
-export const BroadcastShowHostSchema = new Schema({
-  name: { type: String, required: true },
-  description: { type: String, required: true },
-  gender: { type: String, enum: HumanGender, required: true },
-  role: { type: String, required: true },
-  personality: { type: SpeechPersonalitySchema, required: true },
-});
+export const BroadcastShowHostSchema = new Schema(
+  {
+    name: { type: String, required: true },
+    bio: { type: String, required: true },
+    gender: { type: String, enum: HumanGender, required: true },
+    role: { type: String, required: true },
+    personality: { type: SpeechPersonalitySchema, required: true },
+  },
+  { _id: false }
+);
+
+export interface IBroadcastShowWriter {
+  name: string;
+  bio: string;
+  gender: HumanGender;
+  role: string;
+}
+export const BroadcastShowWriterSchema = new Schema<IBroadcastShowWriter>(
+  {
+    name: { type: String, required: true },
+    bio: { type: String, required: true },
+    gender: { type: String, enum: HumanGender, required: true },
+    role: { type: String, required: true },
+  },
+  { _id: false }
+);
 
 export interface IBroadcastShowProducer {
   name: string;
@@ -40,12 +59,15 @@ export interface IBroadcastShowProducer {
   gender: HumanGender;
   role: string;
 }
-export const BroadcastShowProducerSchema = new Schema({
-  name: { type: String, required: true },
-  description: { type: String, required: true },
-  gender: { type: String, enum: HumanGender, required: true },
-  role: { type: String, required: true },
-});
+export const BroadcastShowProducerSchema = new Schema(
+  {
+    name: { type: String, required: true },
+    description: { type: String, required: true },
+    gender: { type: String, enum: HumanGender, required: true },
+    role: { type: String, required: true },
+  },
+  { _id: false }
+);
 
 export interface IBroadcastShow {
   _id: Types.ObjectId; // MongoDB concern
@@ -55,10 +77,10 @@ export interface IBroadcastShow {
   title: string;
   description: string;
   producers: Array<IBroadcastShowProducer>;
+  writer: IBroadcastShowWriter;
   hosts: Array<IBroadcastShowHost>;
   recentEpisodes: Array<IEpisode | Types.ObjectId>;
 }
-
 export const BroadcastShowSchema = new Schema<IBroadcastShow>({
   status: {
     type: String,
@@ -73,6 +95,7 @@ export const BroadcastShowSchema = new Schema<IBroadcastShow>({
     default: [],
     required: true,
   },
+  writer: { type: BroadcastShowWriterSchema, required: true },
   hosts: { type: [BroadcastShowHostSchema], default: [], required: true },
   recentEpisodes: {
     type: [Types.ObjectId],
diff --git a/src/app/models/post.ts b/src/app/models/post.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c60cba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/models/post.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// app/models/post.ts
+// Copyright (C) 2025 DTP Technologies, LLC
+// All Rights Reserved
+
+import { Schema, Types, model } from "mongoose";
+
+import {
+  BroadcastShowWriterSchema,
+  IBroadcastShow,
+  IBroadcastShowWriter,
+} from "./broadcast-show.js";
+import { IImage } from "./image.js";
+
+export enum PostStatus {
+  Draft = "draft",
+  Live = "live",
+  Removed = "removed",
+}
+
+/**
+ * Virtual authors will compose written articles for the site in blog format.
+ */
+export interface IPost {
+  _id: Types.ObjectId; // MongoDB concern
+  __v: number; // MongoDB concern
+
+  created: Date;
+  status: PostStatus;
+  show: IBroadcastShow | Types.ObjectId;
+  slug: string;
+  author: IBroadcastShowWriter;
+  title: string;
+  summary: string;
+  body: string;
+  tags: Array<string>;
+
+  headerImage: IImage | Types.ObjectId;
+  bodyImages?: Array<IImage | Types.ObjectId>;
+}
+
+export const PostSchema = new Schema<IPost>({
+  created: { type: Date, default: Date.now, required: true, index: -1 },
+  status: {
+    type: String,
+    enum: PostStatus,
+    default: PostStatus.Draft,
+    required: true,
+    index: 1,
+  },
+  show: {
+    type: Schema.ObjectId,
+    required: true,
+    index: 1,
+    ref: "BroadcastShow",
+  },
+  slug: { type: String, lowercase: true, required: true, index: 1 },
+  author: { type: BroadcastShowWriterSchema, required: true },
+  title: { type: String, required: true },
+  summary: { type: String, required: true },
+  body: { type: String, required: true },
+  tags: { type: [String], default: [], required: true },
+  headerImage: { Type: Schema.ObjectId, required: true, ref: "Image" },
+  bodyImages: { Type: [Schema.ObjectId], ref: "Image" },
+});
+
+export const Post = model<IPost>("Post", PostSchema);
+export default Post;
diff --git a/src/app/services/broadcast-show.ts b/src/app/services/broadcast-show.ts
index b13cf5a..97dc7a8 100644
--- a/src/app/services/broadcast-show.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/broadcast-show.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ export class BroadcastShowService extends DtpService {
         exclude = [exclude];
       }
       pipeline.push({
-        $match: { $nin: exclude.map((show) => show._id) },
+        $match: {
+          _id: { $nin: exclude.map((show) => show._id) },
+        },
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/app/services/post.ts b/src/app/services/post.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57e36de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/services/post.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+// app/services/broadcast-show.ts
+// Copyright (C) 2025 DTP Technologies, LLC
+// All Rights Reserved
+
+import mongoose from "mongoose";
+import slug from "slug";
+
+import { IImage } from "../models/image.js";
+import {
+  IBroadcastShow,
+  IBroadcastShowWriter,
+} from "../models/broadcast-show.js";
+import Post, { IPost, PostStatus } from "../models/post.js";
+
+import {
+  DtpPlatform,
+  DtpService,
+  DtpServiceUpdate,
+  WebError,
+  WebPaginationParameters,
+} from "../../lib/dtplib.js";
+
+export interface PostDefinition {
+  show: IBroadcastShow | mongoose.Types.ObjectId;
+  author: IBroadcastShowWriter;
+  title: string;
+  summary: string;
+  body: string;
+  tags: Array<string>;
+  headerImage: IImage | mongoose.Types.ObjectId;
+}
+
+export interface PostLibrary {
+  posts: Array<IPost | mongoose.Types.ObjectId>;
+  totalPostCount: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A service for managing blog posts on the Newsroom platform.
+ */
+export class PostService extends DtpService {
+  populatePost: Array<mongoose.PopulateOptions>;
+
+  static get name() {
+    return "PostService";
+  }
+  static get slug() {
+    return "post";
+  }
+
+  constructor(platform: DtpPlatform) {
+    super(platform, PostService);
+    this.populatePost = [
+      {
+        path: "headerImage",
+      },
+      {
+        path: "bodyImages",
+      },
+    ];
+  }
+
+  async create(
+    show: IBroadcastShow | mongoose.Types.ObjectId,
+    definition: PostDefinition
+  ): Promise<IPost> {
+    const NOW = new Date();
+    const post = new Post();
+
+    let titleSlug = definition.title.split(" ").slice(0, 5).join(" ");
+    titleSlug = slug(titleSlug);
+    titleSlug += `-${post._id.toString()}`;
+
+    post.created = NOW;
+    post.show = show._id;
+    post.slug = titleSlug;
+    post.author = definition.author;
+    post.title = definition.title;
+    post.summary = definition.summary;
+    post.body = definition.body;
+    post.tags = definition.tags;
+    post.headerImage = definition.headerImage._id;
+
+    this.log.info("creating blog post", {
+      _id: post._id,
+      slug: titleSlug,
+      title: post.title,
+    });
+
+    await post.save();
+    return post.toObject();
+  }
+
+  async update(post: IPost, definition: PostDefinition): Promise<IPost> {
+    const update: DtpServiceUpdate = {};
+    update.$set = {};
+
+    update.$set.author = definition.author;
+    update.$set.title = definition.title;
+    update.$set.summary = definition.summary;
+    update.$set.body = definition.body;
+    update.$set.tags = definition.tags;
+    update.$set.headerImage = definition.headerImage._id;
+
+    const newPost = await Post.findByIdAndUpdate(post._id, update, {
+      new: true,
+      populate: this.populatePost,
+    }).lean();
+    if (!newPost) {
+      throw new WebError(404, "Post not found");
+    }
+
+    return newPost;
+  }
+
+  async getBySlug(urlSlug: string): Promise<IPost | null> {
+    return Post.findOne({ slug: urlSlug.trim().toLowerCase() })
+      .populate(this.populatePost)
+      .lean();
+  }
+
+  async getById(postId: mongoose.Types.ObjectId): Promise<IPost | null> {
+    return Post.findById(postId).populate(this.populatePost).lean();
+  }
+
+  async getLive(pagination: WebPaginationParameters): Promise<PostLibrary> {
+    const search = { status: PostStatus.Live };
+    const posts = await Post.find(search)
+      .sort({ created: -1 })
+      .skip(pagination.skip)
+      .limit(pagination.cpp)
+      .populate(this.populatePost)
+      .lean();
+
+    const totalPostCount = await Post.countDocuments(search);
+    return { posts, totalPostCount };
+  }
+
+  async getForShow(
+    show: IBroadcastShow | mongoose.Types.ObjectId,
+    pagination: WebPaginationParameters
+  ): Promise<PostLibrary> {
+    const search = { show: show._id, status: PostStatus.Live };
+    const posts = await Post.find(search)
+      .sort({ created: -1 })
+      .skip(pagination.skip)
+      .limit(pagination.cpp)
+      .populate(this.populatePost)
+      .lean();
+
+    const totalPostCount = await Post.countDocuments(search);
+    return { posts, totalPostCount };
+  }
+
+  async getAll(pagination: WebPaginationParameters): Promise<PostLibrary> {
+    const posts = await Post.find()
+      .sort({ created: -1 })
+      .skip(pagination.skip)
+      .limit(pagination.cpp)
+      .populate(this.populatePost)
+      .lean();
+
+    const totalPostCount = await Post.estimatedDocumentCount();
+    return { posts, totalPostCount };
+  }
+}
+
+export default PostService;